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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 28, 2016 15:43:14 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 28, 2016 16:22:59 GMT
Wrote the first New Adventure, Genysis.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 28, 2016 17:05:51 GMT
How could I forget Lost Universe!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 28, 2016 17:07:33 GMT
How could I forget Lost Universe!!! -Ralph How, indeed? I think we all try to forget that. Andy |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 4, 2016 16:42:23 GMT
My aunt has provided me with the three hardback reissues of the sixties Doctor Who novels. These are lovely editions, best you could hope for these days. In fact I might have to re-read my target paperback copies to preserve the spines on these ones. Great sixties sci-fi -
"It was almost quiet inside Tardis. There was only a slight hum from the control column, where Doctor Who bent and peered at his instruments..."
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 4, 2016 21:19:10 GMT
You must read these editions!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2016 23:04:33 GMT
Saw copies of The Pirate Planet in Blackwells for £3 off RRP. Think this will be a library read though.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2017 11:52:54 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 3, 2017 22:14:47 GMT
No chance.
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Post by blueshift on Jan 3, 2017 22:25:44 GMT
Not being paid is crap but it still looks like a fun opportunity to... Wait, The Gunfighters isn't on their list of top 100 stories. Disgusting. But Twin Dilemma is. Under the 5th Doctor section! Come on, who doesn't want to get official art of the Twin Dilemma published. If I could draw, I would! |
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Post by Jim on Jan 4, 2017 8:42:05 GMT
In spite of all that, I was tempted just as part of my motivation for drawing more this year. But they chose Dragonfire over Delta and the Bannermen?!?
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 4, 2017 20:49:45 GMT
Not being paid is crap but it still looks like a fun opportunity to... Wait, The Gunfighters isn't on their list of top 100 stories. Disgusting. But Twin Dilemma is. Under the 5th Doctor section! Come on, who doesn't want to get official art of the Twin Dilemma published. If I could draw, I would! Draw the EMBOLISM!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 8, 2017 17:08:38 GMT
Pirate Planet just arrived. Amazon's Sunday thing never fails to throw me.
Disappointed to find the spine doesn't match the layout used for Shada and City of Death. Would have been a nice looking trilogy, but nooooo... they had to mess with the font sizes. Still, looking forward to a read.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 21, 2017 22:01:50 GMT
Been having a read. It's a good book, this. It's better than City of Death and on a par with Shada. Goss has learned from last time. It feels like Adams without being forced, and is paced more like a novel than a straight adaptation so the narrative has space to breathe. He writes Romana really well, and has the Fourth Doctor right for that season too.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2017 18:17:37 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 18, 2017 21:57:43 GMT
Well this isn't at all disturbing. The cover of the 1980 Japanese edition of Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion.  |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2017 22:00:05 GMT
I had to see that just before going to bed didn't I?
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jul 19, 2017 20:24:40 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 19, 2017 22:25:00 GMT
Hnngh.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 17, 2017 10:13:15 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2017 12:01:56 GMT
I didn't even know Krikkit Men was being novelised until I saw it in DWM. I really liked what James Goss did with The Pirate Planet, so this gets a preorder! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785941054 |
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Post by blueshift on Oct 26, 2017 12:10:19 GMT
So odd that it's a post Christmas release again!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 26, 2017 13:19:19 GMT
Ah, but remember that BBC Worldwide traditionally skipped December back when DW books were monthly as feedback from the book trade was that a December DW novel would get lost in the rush of that period.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 26, 2017 13:20:23 GMT
I didn't even know Krikkit Men was being novelised until I saw it in DWM. I really liked what James Goss did with The Pirate Planet, so this gets a preorder! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785941054I got his version of City of Death from the library and thought it was excellent. I do need to read Pirate Planet at some point. Krikkit Men remains only of curiosity value for me though so I'll see if the library gets it. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2017 13:38:03 GMT
I was luke warm on City of Death, but Pirate Planet was a distinct improvement. Not because it went with Adams' original scripts as opposed to the TV version, but because I felt Goss had got the tone right. He wrote Romana really well. Neither topped what Gareth Roberts did with Shada, but they're good additions to the Who novel collection.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 26, 2017 14:06:35 GMT
Oh I thought Shada was really bad!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 26, 2017 19:48:16 GMT
Pirate Planet is really good. Not startlingly different to the televised version, but still has a distinct flavor to it. I snagged it from the library down here earlier this year and it was well worth it. I'd agree that Goss did get Romana spot on. I also think he did the Captain justice as well.
Shada on the other hand was just as dull as any other version of it I have experienced. I remain unconvinced that it is some great lost classic and I didn't think he did anything to it that elevated it at all.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 26, 2017 21:09:56 GMT
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Post by legios on Oct 28, 2017 17:24:33 GMT
350 pages... Looks like there are a few rels worth of reading in that.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 16, 2017 21:16:27 GMT
Oh! I thought they'd be the other way round. Ooh. I need to have a look then. Ta.
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